305: Shaka Senghor | Writing My Wrongs

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Jordan Harbinger

Science, Business, Education

4.8 • 12.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Shaka Senghor (@ShakaSenghor) is a leading voice in criminal justice reform, the director of innovation and strategy at #Cut50, and the consulting producer for the OWN docuseries Released. He is also the author of Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison.

What We Discuss with Shaka Senghor:

How Shaka's childhood neighborhood in Detroit quickly went from idyllic to nightmarish when the crack epidemic struck in the '80s (and what he spent his money on when he became a dealer).
The assorted sources of trauma faced by kids who wind up in the drug-dealing lifestyle and why such a lifestyle is initially appealing to them -- in spite of exposing them to very adult consequences.
Why the current opioid crisis may actually be instrumental in helping heal societal class and racial divides widened during the crack epidemic.
Why removing the stigma of mental health treatment is crucial to breaking the cycles of recidivism in which young people often get trapped.
The series of events that landed Shaka in prison for 19 years, how he made use of his time there, and what he's doing to help fix a very broken system.
And much more...

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger.
0:05.5	As always, I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo.
0:08.0	On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's
0:11.6	most brilliant and interesting people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that
0:15.8	you can use to impact your own life and those around you.
0:18.8	We want to help you see the Matrix when it comes to how these amazing people think and
0:22.6	behave and we want you to become a better thinker.
0:25.5	If you're new to the show, we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, athletes, and authors,
0:30.4	thinkers, and performers, as well as toolboxes for skills like negotiation, public speaking,
0:35.3	body language, persuasion, and more.
0:37.4	So if you're smart and you like to learn and improve, then you'll be right at home here
0:40.5	with us.
0:41.5	Today on the show, Shaka Sengar, he was in the hole in prison for seven years, 4.5 of those
0:47.7	consecutive.
0:48.7	While there, he started to take action to improve his life.
0:51.2	He did tons of reading to keep himself informed, keep his mind right, treated every day
0:55.2	like it was a university.
0:56.6	Get up on time, spend an hour on each different subjects.
0:59.2	And when he got out, they said he'd be back in prison in six months.
1:02.4	But instead, he wrote a best-selling book, got interviewed by Oprah, gave a TED Talk, and
1:06.4	hung out with the president.
1:08.0	Really amazing guy.
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